What decade did the movie "Welcome to the Dollhouse" come out?

The movie Welcome to the Dollhouse came out in the nineties, specifically in 1995. It was written and directed by Todd Solondz and became known for its sharply uncomfortable portrayal of adolescence and family life.

The film centers on Dawn Wiener, a socially isolated seventh grader played by Heather Matarazzo. Rather than presenting childhood as an uncomplicated period of innocence, Solondz shows school bullying, sibling rivalry, parental neglect, and the painful desire to be accepted. Its dark humor comes from how ordinary many of the characters consider their cruelty.

Welcome to the Dollhouse premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 1995. It later won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, helping establish it as an important independent film of the decade.

Some viewers associate the movie with 1996 because of its festival and theatrical-release dates in the United States. However, the film itself is conventionally identified as a 1995 movie, so the nineties is the canonical decade answer.